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[IC] Round 7 / color scheme

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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 00:37
by Ail
For a blue gray theme, the classic ti-82:

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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 00:47
by zslane
Well, if you did SA Dolch and combined it with SA Dasher, you'd have all the colors you need for that TI colorway.

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:01
by 7bit
I've got a Ti-52 in the same color scheme, but it is too close to what we had in Round 4 and 6.

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:11
by Ail
Did this quick with keyboard layout editor, which I don't know how to change the font on to get the one used on spherical sets:

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Blues: BBQ, BFP
Greys: GSM, GB

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:21
by Ail
Or a more blue/slate theme (figured out there was an SA template):

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BBQ, BED, GSM

Just messing around, this is a new toy for me. :mrgreen:

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:28
by zslane
I think the medium gray needs to be more like GE, not GSM, in order to match the TI.

And, yes, Honey colors are "close", but GPA and NN are not close enough to GE and GX for me. :D

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:30
by Ail
Strawberries and Cream?

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RAS, WW, WAR

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:30
by stuplarosa
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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:32
by zslane
I like the browns! I'd make the spacebar cream and the RETURN key red (maybe also the numpad ENTER key). But I like the biege scheme.

The only problem with it is that, as pointed out elsewhere, those lovely colors only really shine on a keyboard with a biege case, which you can't get today. They only exist as vintage relics.

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:33
by Ail
zslane wrote: Well, if you did SA Dolch and combined it with SA Dasher, you'd have all the colors you need for that TI colorway.
Yeah actually that would be pretty much it, eh?

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:39
by Ail
stuplarosa wrote:
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I like that set.

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 01:40
by Ail
zslane wrote: I like the browns! I'd make the spacebar cream and the RETURN key red (maybe also the numpad ENTER key). But I like the biege scheme.

The only problem with it is that, as pointed out elsewhere, those lovely colors only really shine on a keyboard with a biege case, which you can't get today. They only exist as vintage relics.
Yeah that's true, not quite the same on black.

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 02:08
by mtl
Borrowing from Ail's idea, since 7bit shot down the TI scheme...
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Inspirations:
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And...
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Source, if someone wants to make it better..
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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 02:15
by zslane
Ail wrote:
stuplarosa wrote:
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I like that set.
Reminds me of the CDC-713 colorway I plan to try when I get my Round 6 caps:

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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 02:18
by Ail
Midnight:

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BED, BFR, GSM, RDE

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 02:21
by Ail
mtl wrote: Borrowing from Ail's idea, since 7bit shot down the TI scheme...
Oh man I love that with all of the different legend colors.

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 02:49
by Ail
Goblins:

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VBQ, VAV, VF

Legends: YCC

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 04:13
by lolpes
Green on grey royal alpha style ;)

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 04:32
by Redmaus
Stealth theme maybe?

Black and grey with white legends?

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 04:53
by Ail
More blue black:

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BED, NN, GSM

Legends: BFN

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 06:05
by zslane
The cream & biege would look something like this (with a biege case, of course). I think a slightly darker brown than WAR for the mods might be in order.
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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 06:29
by zslane
And here's the real reason I think people want to add yellow&black keys to their Honeywell sets:
Skull Squadron SA
Skull Squadron SA
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Or is it supposed to look like this?
Skull Squadron SA 2
Skull Squadron SA 2
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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 08:15
by gogusrl
Can we do custom legends on the arrow/numpad block ?

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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 08:20
by kbdfr
The colour quirk appears not to be gender specific:

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:mrgreen:

Re: [IC] Round 7 / color scheme

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 08:48
by caligo
Speaking of beige I quite like the color scheme from Luxor's 'ABC' line of computers. I think it was discussed as a color scheme for round 5 back in the day.

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Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 08:50
by zslane
I think you can achieve that with Carbon.

Re: [IC] Round 7 / color scheme

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 09:07
by caligo
zslane wrote:I think you can achieve that with Carbon.
Not really, as far as I remember – you could get some mods in orange, like enter and escape, but the bulk of them where only available in gray.

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 09:11
by zslane
Ah, right.

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 09:34
by 7bit
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:-)

Posted: 30 Jan 2016, 10:34
by t8c
How about the IBM beam spring legends? Especially tab, backspace and the wonderful caps lock icon? :)

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